Temple-bow holder for frameless spectacles.



J. SAVOIE.

- TEMPLE Bow HOLDBR'FOR PRAMBLESS SPECTACLES.

APPLIUATION FILED 1113.19, 1910.

A To all whom #it-may concern:

sfrnrss PATENT .msnm sAvoIE, or cENrnnL FALLS, nHonE Is'mnn AssIoNon or UNE-HALE v 'EDWARD c. oEINEs, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

` p' 'rEMrLE-Bow nomma #son Fantasmes srnc'rncnss spam-camu df Leaersstem. Patenten Avn 4, '1911;

lApplication ledlebruary 19,1910. Serial-No.-544,'778.

Be -it known that I, JosEPH SAVOIE, asub? jiect `of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Central Falls, -i-n Ethe county of Providence and State fof Rhode Island, have invented My .present invention also relates to spectacles of 'the frameless or rimless type `and it consists essential-ly in the .fnovel construction fof the connection or templebow holder mem-ber itself, and in means for removably 20 securing it .to the noseiece'and temple-bow,

all'as hereinafter set orth. and claimed.

In my saidV patented improvements the inner lend .portion of lthe temple-'holders-or d vbent 'wire connections are adapted to "be sep cured or attached tonosespieoes specially devised to -receive'therrn.` As thus constructed, 'the cost of production is materially increased; or, in other words, the temple-holders lwere not adapted to Abe rigidly secured '30 -or'even removably secured to ordinary 'noseber 'of -the pieces, such as are usually carried in stock by Opticians yand dealers in optical goods.

4Ihe Iobject .of my 'present invention is -to produce a temple-holder or connection -merngeneral type or character disclosed in 'said patents; *the improved connection, however, being devised and 'constructedso as to xbeeasily,-quiclzly afndfiirmly attached 'or iixed itc the usual or ordinary 40 nose-piece, and al'so capable bd? fbeing yas readily disconnected from it. As thus tdevised, the .cost ott producing the yconnection is comparatively .small While the 'cost fand time consumed in attadhing 'it-to the nosef 45 piece 'lis rpmetieauy mz.

`Another obiect :of 'the present invention is to roduce a .more eiiiclent nndstrmlger "-"joixit device or pivbtfat thcipointwherelthe temple-'bow is lattaclrex `to 'the cuter or free eadefthenmp1eh01eer, while a are 'same ltune @emitting the temple-bow member to vswing through fa rtia'lor fcompletecircle,

yand also being rea ily discoxmectible from it.

By means yof my Ainrpfrov'em'ent herewith i frameless `spectacles as *usually constructed,

that .-is, spectacles havingthe tem le-bows jointedV to the lenses, mayfbe ui -y and `cheaply converted into ls ectac es having, when m use, the genera appearance of" iframeless eye-glasses. yThat is Ato say, the temple-bow members will the'n be jointed to bent wire 'holders vhaving#enlarged lhead .portions 4superimposed upon .and lconformmg-to the back faces of the rear straps or ears 'oct ythe welll-known nose-.pieces as devised for frameless spectacles, all the members bemgsecured together by means ofthe usual fastening screw. IAs lthus arranged,

the said holders iame imconspicuous when viewed from :the front of lthe lenses because eadh holder is adaxpted to lie closely tothe back of the lens and olflow its :semicircumference.

'In the accompanying sheet -ofdraiwings section,tahen 'on line v5 f5 of Figs. 1 and 4;

pants:

)It may lbe stated 4advance that the `construction of :the 'lenses vl, V:as well as the bridge 'or nosefpie'c'e B Iconnecting them, 1s

4for may he ithe same 'as .commonly employed fin 'or rimless spectacles, except that the lholes 'usually drilled in the outer ends ol the lenses for attachin the templebow joints thereto are omitte The said nose-piece B, or lens holder, comprises the arch or bridge`part proper, b, terminating 5 at each end in a shank art b1 anda pair of laterally separated per orated straps or ears b2, adapted to receive the lens Z. The inner end of thelatter is also engaged by the oppositely disposed curved vertical mem-` bers (Z integral with the nose-piece. The lens is adapted `to fill the space between the ears and to be detachably securedpto them by'a screw s, all as usually constructed. vThe said ear members are usually made plano-con- 15. vex cross-sectionally, the outer face or surface being more or less curved or convex.

In producing my improved connection or one-piece temple-bow holder A, a short bar of" gold or other suitable stock 1s rst subjected, say to the action of a combination die, which reduces the stock to the elongated body or shank part a and the enlargedhead portion al. This latter constitutes the inner end part of the holder member and 1s preferably shaped so as to conform to the said convex or outer face of the ear of the nose-piece. The head part is made quite thin and, when in use, practically envelops or covers the corresponding portion of the ear, a hole s1 registering with holes 'formed in the ears, is

pierced through the stock and adapted to receive the usual retaining screw s; the latter serving both to secure the lens to the ears of the nose-piece and for detachably securing the templebow holder itself to it. As thus devised the outer edge f of the head part a? is adapted to abut the adjacent face of the shank b1,

although not interlocking with it. The wall Iof the head is quite thin, as before stated,

0 thereby rendering it somewhat elastic. and

from becoming accidentally loosened. It.

may be further added that usually the inner faces of the elongated laterally separated straps or ears b2 of a nose-piece are flat and adapted to bear directly against the respective faces of the lens, the outer faces -of the ears having a somewhat convex form crossv sectionally, a single central screw s passing through the ears and lens serving `to clamp all together. By shaping the rear face of the head part a1 of the holder so as to practically fit` the said convexity of the ear, the

holder, when secured to the latter by the ceases The outer or free end of the connection A is screw-threaded, as indicated at a2, thereby adapting it to be readily screwed into thetapped eye end ol of the temple-bow yo. The latter, it may he observed, is or may be made as usually employed in spectacles, except that its joint end o]L is enlarged and tapped,

as just stated, to receive the said screwthreaded end a2 ofthe member A. I prefer to make the body part a of the `temple-holder concentric or parallel with the semi-circumference of the outer edge of the lens Z and disposed 'at the back of and contiguousto it. The outer end ortion of the holder is bent or offset at a3 (Psee Fig. 7) to permit the enlarged, ball-shaped end o1 of the tapped temple-bow to swing freely thereon, as in opening and closing them.

It is obvious that, if desired, the members A may be readily disposed' or positioned `at the upper edge of the lenses without any change whatever in their construction. In such case, the relation of the holders to each other and to the lenses would be reversed; that is, the lower left holder, shown in Fig. l, would then become an upper right one, and the lower right holder an upper'left one.

What I claim as my present invention and desire to secure by United States Patent 1s:-

l. The -improved one-piece temple-bow holder member herein described, comprising a curved shank or body part having one end constructed for coperative engagement with a temple-bow, and havingthe other or head end portion of the member elongated and extending inward toward the other end of the holder, its wall being quite thin and resilient and concavo-convexy in form crosssectionally and adapted .when in use to bear against and cover the outer or convex face of an elongated apertured ear or strap of a nose-piece, the said head part having a hole therethrough registering with that of the ear for receiving the usual holding screw.

2. In frameless spectacles, the combination with a nose-piece provided .with a pair of laterally separated ears or straps adapted to receive a lens therebetween, of a bent connection member provided with an enlarged inner head portion having a degree of elasticity'and adapted to be superimposed upon the outer surface of one of said ears, means for detachably securing it to the latter, and a ltemple-bow screw-jointed tothe outer endof said connection.

3. In frameless spectacles, a Anose-piece having a pair of laterally separatedperforated ears, and a lens disposed therebetween,

i combination with u one-piece bent. connection o1' temple-bow holder huving,r u sli rhtly convex or cup-shaped, spring-like ond [mrt onstructed to receive. und beur uguinst the outer or exterior face of one of said ears, n screw vor fastening meuns ussing transversely through said head, Yens, und eur members for securing Said parts together,|

und n temple-bow jointed to the other or free end of the -suid bont holder. lo ln testimony whereof 1 have uttixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH SAVOIE.

Witnesses GEO. H. REMINGTON,

)DwAnn C. GLINES. 

